BrisHamish
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2016
- Messages
- 223
- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Name
- Beluga
- Vessel Make
- Grand Banks 46eu 2006 hull#289
Hi all,
I thought I try and share a short video 1 minute video, taken from the flybridge this Tuesday just past. Unfortunately I cant seem to get it to load (if anyone has any bright ideas on that, pls let me know!).
We were heading south back to our home berth at Moreton Bay from further north (at Fraser Island), Brisbane with an ETA of 1.30pm. The forecast for that day was a strong SW to kick in ‘late afternoon or early evening’. So we planned on being tied up at the dock long before the weather change arrived.
HOWEVER the change kicked in at about 10.20am, just as we were passing Bribie Island.
The footage is taken on Moreton Bay, not far from our home berth. Water depth ranges from about 5m to say around 9m (it isn’t deep, you do have to keep a watch of your course). Once consequence of the shallower draft is that when the wind picks up, you can get a nasty chop with small waves with very steep faces and coming onto you in very quick succession.
At the time of this footage the wind was 40kts True Wind Speed (AWS was higher, as we were pushing into it). The wind that day topped out about 15 mins later at a whopping 47kts TWS, while we were still a distance away from the marina!!!
We passed another local TF member just near the entrance to the Brisbane river, Brian on Insequent. Am guessing Brian also got caught a bit by the early arrival of the wind.
Hamish.
I thought I try and share a short video 1 minute video, taken from the flybridge this Tuesday just past. Unfortunately I cant seem to get it to load (if anyone has any bright ideas on that, pls let me know!).
We were heading south back to our home berth at Moreton Bay from further north (at Fraser Island), Brisbane with an ETA of 1.30pm. The forecast for that day was a strong SW to kick in ‘late afternoon or early evening’. So we planned on being tied up at the dock long before the weather change arrived.
HOWEVER the change kicked in at about 10.20am, just as we were passing Bribie Island.
The footage is taken on Moreton Bay, not far from our home berth. Water depth ranges from about 5m to say around 9m (it isn’t deep, you do have to keep a watch of your course). Once consequence of the shallower draft is that when the wind picks up, you can get a nasty chop with small waves with very steep faces and coming onto you in very quick succession.
At the time of this footage the wind was 40kts True Wind Speed (AWS was higher, as we were pushing into it). The wind that day topped out about 15 mins later at a whopping 47kts TWS, while we were still a distance away from the marina!!!
We passed another local TF member just near the entrance to the Brisbane river, Brian on Insequent. Am guessing Brian also got caught a bit by the early arrival of the wind.
Hamish.